Question

After 2/3 of an hour, the tightrope walker has traveled 1/6 of a mile across Niagara Falls. How many miles will he have to travel in 1 hour

Answer 1

1/4

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: He will travel
`(1)/(4)` miles in 1 hour.

Explanation:

Let's use the rule of 3.

I'm going to type the time info in the left side, and the distance in the right side.

`((2)/(3)h )/(1h) =((1)/(6) mi)/(xmi)`

`x=((1)/(6)*1 )/((2)/(3) )`

`x=((1)/(6) )/((2)/(3) )`

Multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction in the denominator.

`x=(1)/(6)*(3)/(2)`

`x=(1)/(4)`